Where is the money coming from to pay the D.J.s?”
• “As part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB’s) Community Service Grant, we’re spending money on programming designed to increase our service to the community. That includes annual programming fees to Pacifica for Democracy Now!, Public Radio International for National Native News, The Takeaway, The Sound of Young America, and other annual affiliate fees. We’re also using this grant for the majority of compensation to weekday music hosts, with a small amount from listener support and business underwriting revenue. Staff producers for Voices of Diversity and One World Report are also compensated from the CPB Community Service Grant and a grant from the Eastside Arts Partnership.” This is an example of “Smoke and mirrors”. The money received from CPB helps KBCS offset a variety of expenses. No where does it say that certain money has to be used for “programming” aka paying dj’s. Therfore any money used from this grant to pay dj’s does in fact diminish the amount of money
